Khulna ready to welcome PM

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit Khulna on Saturday.

During her daylong visit, Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the 58th Convention of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) around 11:00am.

Later, the premier will address a public meeting organized by the party, at the Circuit House Maidan in the southern divisional city around 3:00pm.

She will also inaugurate 47 development projects and lay foundation stones of 52 other schemes.

Khulna city unit Awami League General Secretary Mizanur Rahman Mizan, MP, said a total of 260 leaders will sit at the stage in the public meeting.

Centering PM's visit, three-tier foolproof security measures have been taken deploying 3,500 police members and installing 800 closed circuit television cameras (CCTVs) in the city.


risingbd/March 3, 2018/Khulna/Muhammad Nuruzzaman/Nasim